Design and performance of a thermal neutron imaging facility at the North Carolina State University PULSTAR reactor

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3904-3911

  Mishra, Kaushal K ^a   Hawari, Ayman I ^a   Gillette, Victor H ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

MCNP; Monte Carlo simulation; Neutron beam filters; Neutron collimator; Neutron imaging; Neutron radiography

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; SAPPHIRE;

BEAM QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PLANE; THERMAL NEUTRON SCATTERING; TOMOGRAPHIC CAPABILITIES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33846282668     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.884323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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